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The National Deaf Hotline Services, sponsored
by ADWAS, has expanded into 24/7 coverage.
It used to be operated during regular
day time hours.

Evelyn Glennie, the deaf British woman, who is
the world’s #1 percussionist, has been
honored with a degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She was born in Scotland but moved to London to establish her career in music.

In New Zealand, the Captioning Working Group,
an advocacy organization, is pushing for
24/7 emergency captions on TV. For some
reason the government is reluctant.

The Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said
he will donate money to Barrier Free Living
which provides support services for the deaf
in need.

The Tennessee Legislature passed a bill that
gives foreign language credit for students
that take ASL courses.

SOME BANKS ARE AFRAID OF THE DEAF
This is a true story; a deaf person went to a bank
and gave the teller a note.
The teller got scared and pressed the “bank robbery”
button to alert the police.
The police came to the bank, looking for the bank
robber. The teller pointed to the deaf person.
It was realized that the deaf person was not a
bank robber but wanted to ask the teller a question
about a banking matter.
Many bank robbers pass notes to the tellers
demanding money. Not that deaf person!

A SPEECH WITHOUT A PRINTED COPY
In 1966, there was a surprise visitor that came to
the Gallaudet University graduation ceremony.
The surprise visitor was president Lyndon B.
Johnson. No one knew about the visit – not even
the Gallaudet president or the White House.
Johnson arrived at the graduation and immediately
went on the stage to give a speech. After the speech
he left Gallaudet.
Where is the printed copy of his speech? The
Johnson Library archives does not have it. The
Gallaudet archives does not have it.
A big mystery!

Is loud cheering, especially at athletic events,discriminatory? This is what the delegates at theNational Union of Students are saying. Theysaid it discriminates against the deaf thatcannot hear these loud cheers! This organizationadvocates the needs of (hearing) studentsthat attend universities in Great Britain.Well, the deaf have their own Wave Cheer. Andbesides, we all root for our favorite athleticteams.

DeafDigest has mentioned several times regardingthe strike against the Canadian Hearing Society.And tragedies are beginning to surface. Two deafhospitalized patients have been withoutinterpreters, not understanding what thedoctors and the nurses have to say. One died,and the other is suffering from an advancedstage of cancer.

— strong interest among architects

The Architects’ Journal ran a great storyabout Deaf Design, meaning Deaf Friendlybuildings. This magazine is not an Americanpublication, but a British publication.It was not that too many years ago whenBernard Brown came up with his Deaf Houseconcept. We may have very strong feelingsin favor of Deaf Design, but Bernard wasthe first deaf person to come up with it!A former Deaf Builder in Connecticut,and then a Gallaudet faculty member,he is now retired and living in FloridaVillages.

The Deaf Community fought hard for netneutrality, otherwise internet andcable costs may be out of reach oflow income deaf. We succeeded onlyto have the White House FCC appointeeannounce his plans to block netneutrality. Very frustrating for us.

— Educators confused between deaf and hearing

In Australia, the Queensland’s EducationDepartment issued a report that madeIndigenous people angry. It said thatmany students in some communitieshave an intellectual disability. Oneof these students was actually deaf,and not intellectually disabled!

A court made a decision that it is a copyright violationif someone puts captions on video material and distributesit for free. This court is not in USA, but in theNetherlands! But here in USA, we are seeing attorneysfighting over other captioning issues (U of Californiacase; the Villages Florida case, etc). A picture is at:

DeafDigest mentioned deaf actress Shoshannah Sternsometime back in a Supernatural TV program. Theinterviewer was able to interview her againrecently. He that she is very busy but stilltook the time to answer his questions. DeafDigesthopes that she will continue being busy acting onceher role in the Supernatural program ends. Busyactresses are no longer busy acting when theirTV and movie roles end but are busy trying toget new roles! This is Hollywood Reality.

— a shocking revelation with the continuing strike

DeafDigest also mentioned that the strikerswith the Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) have notgotten pay raises in four years whereas the CEO isdrawing a fat salary. It was also revealed todaythat some other CHS top administrators have received75 percent pay raises, while the deaf workershave received zero percent pay raises. Fair? No!Greed? Good question!

How important are subways for deaf people?Very important – and it has nothing to dowith providing transportation. Thesubways have become social meeting placesfor the deaf, inasmuch as cops and hearingpassengers hate it. The Journal of CulturalGeography made a mention of this undergroundsocial network!

— deaf woman, having hard time, refused food stamps

In Georgia, a deaf woman struggling with English,applied for food stamps. Her request for aninterpreter was refused and the social serviceoffice told her to fill out the forms on her own.As a result, a federal lawsuit is being filed againstthe state Division of Family and Children Services,the state Department of Human Services and thestate Department of Community Health.

Pro wrestling is a big fake; everything is stagedon the mat. Yet, it is a popular event, attractingmany fans. One pro wrestling situation wasunusual. The referee, Matt Calamare is deaf.And sometimes he referees a match that Chris Caydenwrestles. Chris also serves as Matt’s ASLinterpreter while still competing on the mat!Matt, himself, is also a pro wrestler, jugglingbetween wrestling and refereeing – in thesesmall town Pennsylvania wrestling venues.A picture is at:

Judges are getting fed up with these ADA lawsuits;in one ADA lawsuit, the litigant won. The winner’scash reward? Just $14.31 ! Angry, the winner askedfor more money, especially for legal fees; the judgesaid no. This is why the loser laughed very hard,having to pay just that small amount!

— a shock with some food trucks

Normally food trucks are deaf-unfriendly.Menus are posted outside of the window,and if a deaf person pointed at it, theorder-taker would be forced to stick hisneck out to see what the meal choice was.Yet – there is a shock. Some food trucksjust don’t have menus at all! The order-takerwould just shout out the meal choices.This creates an impossible situation forthe deaf person.